Watch: Irish premier Leo Varadkar minced no words on Brexit. UK PM Boris Johnson was next to him.
‘Prime minister, agreeing FTAs with the EU and US and securing their ratification in three years is going to be a Herculean task for you.’
Irish Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar telling Boris Johnson some hard truths about Brexit, to his discomfort.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) September 9, 2019
If only our own government were honest enough also to communicate this clear & blunt reality to the UK public.pic.twitter.com/ZgU2JqgFd5
On September 9, the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson met the Irish premier Leo Varadkar in Dublin, Ireland, to discuss Brexit. Varadkar made some strong comments about a no-deal Brexit and its implications at a joint press conference with Johnson, who was right by his side.
“If there is no-deal it will cause severe disruption for Irish and British people alike but no so much on the continent,” Varadkar said. “If there is a deal and I believe that is possible we’ll enter talks of a future trade relationship between the EU and the UK.”
Johnson kept smiling awkwardly and nodding throughout Varadkar’s statements. At one point, the UK prime minister even felt the need to stretch his arms, a video snippet of which has gone viral on social media.
Boris Johnson’s extraordinarily rude behaviour whilst Leo Varadkar is giving a speech.
— Nicola James 💚🌹#RegisterToVote (@NAJ562) September 9, 2019
This is the behaviour one would expect from an unruly toddler, not a prime minister.
Imagine the headlines if Jeremy Corbyn so much as sneezed!
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